Declarations Make A Way

A recent theme--declarations!  God says something, we believe it, and then we speak it.  Receive, believe, achieve!

There are two types of declarations I want to go into here.  We can declare things from the written word, or we can declare things from the spoken word.  Both types can be Spirit-filled and Spirit-led, but one usually requires more discernment than another.  Let's look at both.

1)  Written-Word Declarations

Here we recite something written in God's Word--we take a written promise and make it our own.  For example, I may say, 'I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus'.  This is truth, according to 2 Corinthians 5:21.  Believing the Word, and hearing and speaking it, is how we are sanctified.  We are sanctified by the truth! (John 17:17)

We can also declare scripture when we are tempted by the devil.  Remember, that's what Jesus did!  So the Word is for upliftment, but it's also for warfare--it's our sword and our weapon for battle.

2)  Spoken-word Declarations

These can be tricker.  We need ears to hear; we need our own spiritual ears to be closely attuned.  The voice of the Holy Spirit is worth listening for!  For example, today the Lord showed me the shield of faith, and prompted me to pray that over myself.  So I did.  Another example--I may hear the Spirit speak strength to my body.  What should my response be?  Well, probably to speak strength to myself.  That's where faith comes in!  If God said it, then I need to believe it.  Do I feel stronger?  Yes!  Because it is written!  The joy of the Lord is my strength.

We declare what God says first.  If God didn't set the precedent, our declarations probably won't work. Remember that Job's friends were wrong! We need to be in tune, discerning, and not presumptuous.  We need to value His voice.

Written-Word and spoken-word declarations go hand in hand!  They feed off of each other!  We can have the Bible confirmed by hearing His personal voice, and we can confirm our rhema words by testing them against scripture.   Faith comes by hearing (Romans 10:17), and hearing comes in many forms.

When we declare God's will, it looses the heavens.  It loosens angels and an empowerment of the Holy Spirit.  It loosens any blockages and binds any opposition.  God's will comes down unrestrained, on earth as it is in Heaven!  That's what declaring does!  It brings us up into God's reality.  It brings up our faith, and our faith takes us to a place where God really is.  Declarations make a way.

Unstopping those Wells

Last week I was doing street ministry, and ran into some difficulties.  Nearly nobody wanted prayer, people seemed hardened or disinterested, and there were no healings.  Things just weren't 'flowing' like I wanted them to.  And because of all this I didn't feel rested in the Lord, and I found myself really struggling to do His work.  The situations I found myself in just seemed against me.

The next morning, the Lord gave me a vision during my quiet time.  There was a path I was on, a narrow, brilliant white path in front of me, and while walking along the path, I saw the Lord give tools that would unstop blockages--unstop spiritual 'wells' and allow a free flowing of the Holy Spirit and His healing power.  I realized that among the waters of the Spirit, things had become stopped up and the power of communing had been cut off.  I realized that God, in response and grace, was giving tools that would equip me to walk and operate unhindered in His will--walk in a state of rest where I could be attuned to Him.  And I saw that the Spirit was making a way.

"The LORD will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring."   Isaiah 58:11

The Lord's given me similar visions and similar messages before, So He spoke to me about this, and told me what to do.  He told me how to respond, how to answer Him with a "yes!"  He spoke to my heart and explained to me how to pray into His will.  He gave the vision, and then told me how to walk into it, how to work with Him to see it come to pass.

"Today is the day, now go and lay hold of it; pray for the harvest fields.

I have commissioned you to unstop the healing wells.

I will send My Word and heal them...so stretch out your hand and decree.  Stretch out your hand and minister My name.  I will be with you in power and love."  

So He showed me the process of equipping, and then told me how to carry it out.  We need to hear (see) His will, pray for it, and then decree and declare it.  And so that's what I did.  And the Lord was so encouraging.  I went out for ministry again, to the same place as the day before...but I was expectant. I felt God would back me.  I felt He would make a way for things to flow.  I felt that He would establish His will as I prayed and spoke it.  And I felt that the Lord would be with me in power and love, just like He had said.

So, I got to the store and saw a younger guy with a cast and crutches.  And I felt it wasn't quite time. After a little while, I caught him right as he was going out the door.  I asked if I could pray for him, and praise God, he said yes!  So I said a short prayer... I couldn't wait to see if he felt better!  After two prayers, he was healed.  This guy wasn't all that close to God, but his heart was softened.  I asked him if he had a bible and he said no.  And I was bummed that I didn't have one to give him.

I told him, "the best thing you can do is pray to Him.  God loves you, and that's why He's healed you".  And the guy was convicted--he said, "yeah....I will."  He was surprised and softened, and I trust that he did begin praying to the Lord at that point.  Praise God!

I did some more ministry after that...and things really flowed!  I met so many other Christians and softened people, unlike the day before.  It was awesome...the Lord gave rest, and allowed for so many divine alignments.  I even talked with a lady who I knew from our ~40 person Church!

From this whole experience, God taught me so much.  He showed me the importance of praying against spiritual hindrances, of praying into His will, by whatever the Spirit reveals.  He demonstrated to me such a model--discern, pray, decree.  He showed me how to be used in bringing down from Heaven His will.  

Confirmed:  A few days later, I saw a word on the Elijah list called,   "The Pressure is Building!    The Lord is Releasing Well Diggers".  Glory to God!  Below is an excerpt:

"There is a new breed of apostolic and prophetic leaders who have been raised up in this hour to tap into the wells and release the underground rivers. As I was processing this dream, I asked the Holy Spirit, "What do the underground rivers represent?" He quickly answered me and said, "These underground waters represent the deep works of the Spirit that have remained in the earth. No matter how far man's heart has drifted, the rivers are still in the earth waiting to be tapped and released."

I then saw regions of America that were once centers of the move of God but have grown so cold. Those regions have deep wells and underground waters that cannot be seen or sensed with the natural senses, yet they remain waiting to be tapped and released. The Father is bringing forth prophetic people in regions that can see beyond the natural to see the underground waters, the potential move of God. It is critical that the prophetic spirit is released within the Church to CALL FORTH this move!" 

Let's pray, see, and decree!  Let's pray for the harvest fields, let's see what He says, and then let's decree!  Let's do our part to usher in another move of God.

"Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest."

Matthew 9:38